E-letter: Briefs

Boeing Defense, Space & Security provided no silver lining for the overall company in its comparatively rough Fourth Quarter (4Q) and Full Year 2019 financial report. On Wednesday, The Boeing […]

Comtech Telecommunications has agreed to acquire Israeli ground segment company Gilat Satellite Networks in a transaction that could produce a “dominant” force in the cellular backhaul market. Comtech announced Wednesday […]

SpaceX launched its fourth set of Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, on Wednesday at 9:06 […]

Speedcast has received a 12-month cellular backhaul contract with what it calls the second largest mobile operator in Mexico, but did not give the operator’s name. The company said its […]

Eutelsat Communications’ has announced that its EUTELSAT 7C satellite has entered full commercial service and is ready to support broadcast customers across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Turkey. On […]

Iridium Communications has deployed the service Iridium CloudConnect, calling it “the first and only satellite cloud-based solution offering  global coverage for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.” The service combines Iridium […]

Raytheon has received a 5-year, $197 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to help modernize its missile warning architecture with a new system that will collect and fuse data […]

OneWeb has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Astana International Financial Centre  (AIFC), a financial hub in Central Asia, to accelerate broadband connectivity in Kazakhstan. The partners will work […]

GHGSat plans to deploy a free, online service that visualizes greenhouse gas emissions this year. The company said it plans to deploy the service during the United Nations‘ 2020 United […]

The Bartolomeo research platform, developed by Airbus for the International Space Station (ISS), has been delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Titusville, Florida, ahead of its planned launch in […]

JourneyApps, a low-code app platform for industrial companies, has deployed a feature to transfer data between end-user devices without any connectivity — whether cellular, WiFi/LAN, or Bluetooth. The company created […]

A new generation radio-frequency (RF) Power Processing Unit (PPU) for the VASIMR engine, built by Aethera Technologies for Ad Astra Rocket Company has completed a full-power test in vacuum at […]

Astroscale has been awarded a grant of up to $4.5 million from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s “Innovation Tokyo Project” to build a roadmap for commercializing active debris removal services. The […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus have signed a contract booking a Norwegian instrument for the Bartolomeo platform on the International Space Station (ISS), which is scheduled for launch […]

The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and Russia’s Roscosmos State Corporation have agreed to expand the joint orbital group of satellites involved in remote sensing of Earth, according to […]

Artel and SES Government Solutions have teamed with Leidos to deliver connectivity solutions to Palmer Station, a research facility in Antarctica that is operated by the National Science Foundation (NSF). […]

KVH Industries has launched digital content service called KVH Link that provides news and entertainment content for crew wellbeing, along with operations data to optimize vessel performance. KVH Link provides […]

Spanish multinational telco Eurona and Spanish satellite operator Hispasat have renegotiated their contracts for commercial satellite capacity to bring broadband Internet to unserved and underserved cities in Spain. According to […]

Arlanxeo, a synthetic elastomer company headquartered in Maastricht, the Netherlands, has selected Telefónica to deliver Network as a Service solutions for a five-year contract. The contract covers 11 countries on […]

Comtech Systems, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications, has introduced the CS67PLUS Tropo Radio, what it calls the world’s first software-defined adaptive troposcatter combination radio/modem, packaged in a compact sealed module.  […]

Descartes Labs, a New Mexico-based geospatial analytics company has deployed Descartes Labs Platform, calling it the industry’s first-ever cloud-based geospatial analytics platform. The platform provides enterprises with a real-time geospatial […]

Made In Space (MIS) is relocating its headquarters and satellite manufacturing operations to a new headquarters facility in Jacksonville, Florida, the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis announced on Friday. The new […]

Capella Space unveiled on Tuesday the features of its “Sequoia” Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite designed for on-demand Earth observation. The satellite is a re-engineering of Capella’s test satellite Denali, […]

Skylo has emerged from stealth mode with $116 million in total funding. The new Series B round raised $103 million, led by SoftBank Group and joined by all existing investors. […]

ICEYE has deployed its global Dark Vessel Detection solution for governmental maritime security customers, the company announced Monday. This solution combines synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite data from ICEYE, and Automatic […]

Synamedia has partnered with technology and supply chain service provider World Wide Technology (WWT), and USSI Global, a provider of network, broadcast, and digital media services.  Synamedia, an independent video […]

Identifying affordable options to connect to the internet remains a challenge for billions across the globe. In urban areas, internet connectivity is usually provided by a high-speed cable or fiber […]

Arianespace successfully launched a dual-satellite Ariane 5 mission from French Guiana on Thursday, placing the EUTELSAT KONNECT and GSAT-30 into geostationary transfer orbit. The launch, designated Flight VA251, was Arianespace’s […]

After an investigation into a malfunction on one of EUTELSAT 5 West B satellite’s solar rays, Eutelsat confirmed Friday that the satellite’s South solar array has been lost. The attendant […]

Thaicom will migrate customers from the Thaicom 5 to other satellites because has not been able to restore its satellite system, the company announced Friday. There was a technical anomaly […]